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The wars & local soldiers, 1912

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The War. an Italian Reverse. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 5

Three battalions of Italian infantry and a small body of cavalry were defeated while trying, to recapture Sen Sur…

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Turmoil in Ireland. Threats of Civil War. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 5

The Belfast City Corporation has agreed to let the Ulster Hall to the Unionists for a demonstration on Feb. 7. It is believed it is…

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Latest Cables War Crisis. Italian Insult to France. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 5

Admiral B[?]enaime, now a French Deputy, says. -- "We cannot have peace except [?]inity. France must be prepared to force her…

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Our Serial Story. A Soldier's Daughter, Chapter Xxxi

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 26 January 1912 · page 8

SURELY he must be mistaken or mad! How could beautiful Clarbel Lea be there? Had his sin risen and taken. bodily shape to haunt him?—this…

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The War in Tripoli

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 6

The fact that the Italians have occupied Gargaresh after a fairly stiff fight goes to show that they are gradually feeling their way in preparation for the serious work of…

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War Scare. Whit Might Have Been

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 January 1912 · page 5

Lieutenant Alfred Dewar, R.N., discusses in the "Pall Mall Gazette" what might have happened during the recent war scare, when it was alleged that the British Navy…

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The War. Turks Badly Beaten. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 3

The Turks attacked Ghergarish and Ainsvara but were repulsed by the heavy fire from the Italian artillery…

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Almost Civil War. Crowds in Ugly Mood. Many Arrests Made. Brisbane

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 5

Several arrests have been made for disorder in the city. A number of women and girls took part in the riots yesterday…

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Bomb Outrage Ten Soldiers Killed. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 5

Another serious bomb outrage has occurred in Macedonia. The explosive was thrown into a detachment of military and police…

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LATESTCABLES King and Queen Return. Warm Welcome Home. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 3

The King and Queen have returned to London after their tour through India, and had a most enthusiastic reception…

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Fuzzy-Wuzzy. A Disciplined Soldier. Testimony from English Writer

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 7

A trim, resolute little man, black-bearded, hawk-featured, and habited in neat khaki, sits in the centre of a vast network of patrols, outposts, and scouting…

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Japan and America. War Inevitable

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 8

Judge Sidney Walon, the first delegate from Hawaii to reach Washington for the Navy League Convention, to be held there on February…

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Our Serial Story. A Soldier's Daughter, Chapter Xxxiv

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 8

THE footsteps died away again; perhaps the person coming saw something in the constrained attitudes of Lord Culver and Lady Claribel that…

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bur Serial Story. A Soldier's Daughter. Chapter Xxxvi

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 8

LADY CLARIBEL stood for some minutes holding the photograph in her hands, looking with eyes half dazed at, the pictured face. No sound came from…

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War in the Air. GERMANY V. FRANCE

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 February 1912 · page 2

"I Excelsior" (Paris) says it has obtained plans to show that a the event of a war with France, Germany plans to bombard Paris by…

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Race War in America. Martial Law in Oklhoma

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 3

It is seldon that many days e[?] in the United State without the [?] bers of the racial [?] which is always existing between whites and…

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Our Serial Story. A Soldier's Daughter, Chapter Xxxviii

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 8

LORD CULVER was great friend of Lady Loris; she, like all other women, admired and was attracted by his handsome face, find the strange…

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Turco-italian War. Bombardment of Beirnt. Italian's Defeated at Zenzur

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—lt is semi officially stated in Rome that the Italian warships Vollwina and Garibaldi were sent to Beirnt to destroy two warships…

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Unclaimed War Medals

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 29 February 1912 · page 2

The War Office, in a communication received by this week's English mails, notifies that a number of the King's and Queen's South African war medals and…

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The Tripolitan War. Further Italian Success London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 5

The Italians at Homs occupied Mergheb Heights, after driving out the Turks and Arabs. Both the latter suffered severe loss…

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